THE ONE-PIECE ORCHESTRA

The multi-instrument classic from the ’60s, enjoying a massive resurgence today.

15 individual instruments, all captured from the classic Mellotron keyboard heard on hits by anything from the Beatles to the Moody Blues and King Crimson.

EZkeys Mellotoon is based on the Mellotron keyboard introduced in the early 1960s. This unique instrument was the first of its kind to include samples of real instruments, but as opposed to the modern-day digital sampler, the Mellotron pulled them off a magnetic tape loop that ran inside the keyboard.

It came with various sounds for piano, strings, flutes, brass and is likely best described as the first-ever “band in a box”. Naturally, it was a revelation from the get-go. Early adopters included the Beatles, the Moody Blues and King Crimson, who all immortalized the unmistakable tone of the Mellotron in numerous hits. Today, this piece of instrument history is enjoying a massive resurgence in a wide range of genres.

EZkeys Mellotoon captures the essence of this one-of-a-kind keyboard and comes with 15 individual instruments, carefully sampled directly from a model M400 Mellotron using a blend of direct and amped signals. On top of that, it includes a generous selection of custom effect and sound chain presets, giving you a completely new, creative outset to an already seemingly bottomless pool of awe-inspiring sounds.

Feature Overview

32- and 64-bit VST, AU and RTAS instrument as well as low latency stand-alone application

Drag and drop the included MIDI straight to the built-in song track

Drag and drop support for your own or third party MIDI straight into EZkeys

Drag and drop MIDI from the song track or directly from the song browser to your DAW or to your desktop

EZkeys will analyze and chord-separate any MIDI on the fly

Real-time chord display that enables you to instantly see what chords you are playing

Chord selector, based upon the circle of fifths, allowing you to change chords instantly

Presets for the most commonly used chord types

Customize the coloration of any chord by opening up the detailed view

Transpose individual song blocks or full songs with a single mouse-click

Comes with an easy to understand music theory document including MIDI examples

Possibility to tune the piano by octave, semitone or cents

Dynamics controls that let you adjust the velocity response to match your keyboard or playing style

Three pedals: sustain, sostenuto and damping

MIDI-learn and automation

Thirteen ready-made presets utilizing high-quality effects from Overloud. The presets range from raw and unprocessed to heavily distorted and tweaked

All songs performed with increasing intensity as intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus and bridge variations

Single, rhythmical and broken chords in different variations as well as FX and endings

Straight/swing variations in 4/4 and 6/8

Intuitive browser that lets you add you own favorites and arrange them in folders

Sound Library Overview

Recorded in a world-class studio using only the best of the best in modern and vintage equipment

All sounds are designed to be mix-ready. Just pick a preset and the sound will sit right in your mix

Uncompromising dynamic response for great playability

Includes Sympathetic Resonance based on real samples

Due to our proprietary loss-less compression algorithm TPC, EZkeys is extremely low on system resources and only needs 500 MB of RAM. Normal loading time from launch to ready-to-play is less than ten seconds